Window-frame shield



Iii)

natented .lilly Z,

rre stares WINDOW-FRAME SHIELD.

Application filed February 11, 1926.

The purpose of the invention is to provide an appliance for use as a permanent connection for a window frame of particularly the window through which fuel is discharged in dwelling houses and like structures, so that in such operation, the lower end of the window frame may not be damaged or scarred and likewise the outer face of the building above the window frame may be similarly protected.

lilith this purpose in View, the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of Y which a preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accon'ipanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view showing the practical application of the invention.

Figure., 2 is a vertical sectional View on the plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Fi ure 1.

The discharge of coal from the truck or wagon with which it is delivered will, unless provision be made to guard against it, damage the lower inner edge of the window frame and likewise scar or mar the upper outer edge thereof, as well as scar the facing of the structure above the window frame. The invention, therefore, contemplates the use of the foldable shields 11 and 12 of which the former is mounted Von the sill piece 111 of the fra-me and the latter on the top piece 15, connection in both in-V stances with the frame being by means of hinges, as indicatedl at 16 and 17. Any acceptable form of hinge may be employed.

The lower shield 11 is provided wit-h a right angularly or substantially right an.- gularly disposedflange 18 at its free edge to overhang the inner edge of the sill piece of the window frame and shield said inner edge as well as the elements of the latch or lock with which the window is provided. Then not in use, the shield 11 is swung bach on its hinges 16 to lie adjacent the outer edge of the frame aid thus the window carried by the frame may be closed and the shield being of thin material, preferably metal, does not present an ungainly aspect.

The upper shield 12, when in operative position, is retained in such position by ineansof a hook 19 engaging an eye 20 mounted in the outer face of the house wall, The shield is thus held in covering relation with this portion of the wall and guards it Serial No. 87,612.

against flying pieces of coal that might otherwise damage or mar the wall. lVhen not in use, it may be folded against the under face of the top bar or strip of the window frame and secured in such folded position by engaging the hook 19 with an eye 21 mounted in the bar 15. This shield also when in inoperative position is hardly visible because of its being of thin material, preferably metal.

rlhe invention having been described, what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. In combination with a window frame, a pair of shield members of which one is disposable in shielding relation with the inner lower edge of the franie and the other disposable in guarding relation to the outer upper edge and the wall surface above said edge, both of said members being foldab-le to lie flat against the portions of the frame with which they are connected when not in use.

2. 1n combination with a window frame, a pair of shield members of which one is disposable in shielding relation with the inneil lower edge of the frame and the other disposable inguarding relation to the outer upper edge and the wall surface above said edge, both of said members being foldable to lie flat against the portions of the frame with which they are connected when not in use, and consisting of thin metallic plates having hinged connections with said frame.

8. In combination with a window frame, a pair of shield members of which one is disposable in shielding relation with the inner lower edge of the frame and the other disposable in guarding relation to the outer upper edge and the wall surface above said edge, both of said members being foldable to lie flat aga-inst the portions of the frame with which they are connected when not in use and consisting' of thin metallic plates having hinged connections with said frame, the lower of said plates having an angularly disposed flange opposite the hinged edge to overhang the inner lower edge of the frame.

4. In combination with a window frame, a pair of shield members of which one is disposable in shielding relation with the inner lower edge of the frame and the other disposable in guarding relation to the outer upper edge and the wal1 surface above said edge, both Of Seid members being foldable to 1i@ fiat against the poi-tions of die 'frame with which the;v are ('Oniisced when not in use and Consisting OT' thin inefxiir plaies having hmO'ed Conner-tions .fih said frame, the lower 0f said piaes having im unghia ly disposed Hang@ opposite thv hivge-i @(1350, to overhang J(he: inner lower edge, of thev frame and the other having a hook selecn tively engjngeahio with cyss Carried one hy the frame and th@ other by the W211i suiifme 10 :ihm'e the frame.

In 'rcsi'imonjv hei'em'f he m'iixn hiS Signuturc.

MCCREARY B. HOWARD. 

